Hello Lisa, Lisa and other interested parties:

I am not a Lisa but my first indicial starts with L

I agree! Look for the letter s in the address field. example
 www.https

I couldn't have explained it any better

I am going to miss this list if it goes the way of the internet bit bucket.
You people are good.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Larges" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: SPAM-MED: question about securely shopping online


:
: Hi Lisa and other Listers,
:
: Your right, the best way to know you are on a secure site is by the
security
: warning that comes up when you click to enter.  Another way to check is to
: go to the address bar and see if the beginning of the address is: https
: The "s" at the end indicates that socket layer security encryption is
active
: on the page.
: Someone can correct me if the explanation isn't exactly right.
:
: All the best,
:
: Lisa L
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